Free fitness series launched in Troy’s Riverfront Park

Thursday, June 12, 2014

TROY >> The Downtown Troy Business Improvement District will launch its Free Fitness Series in Riverfront Park starting this Sunday, June 15. The series will run through August.

Heartspace Yoga & Healing Arts Studio is the first wellness organization to partner with the BID and will participate through July 13. The classes will be from 10-11 a.m. and Heartspace’s co-owner, Andrew Kasius, will be teaching the first class, with a different yoga instructor teaching each week following.

Heartspace Yoga & Healing Arts Studio opened in downtown Troy in October 2013. They are a community-oriented studio that offers yoga and healing arts from beginner to advanced classes. They also have another studio location in Albany near Washington Park.

Kasius has practiced yoga for 14 years and taught yoga for seven years. When he opened the second Heartspace studio in downtown Troy, he wanted to come up with a way to involve the community and offer yoga to the people of Troy. “Since we’ve opened the studio in downtown Troy, we’ve wanted to find a way to bring our classes outdoors on occasion. When Erin at the BID asked me, I said yes right away,” said Kasius.

“The mission of the BID is to improve and promote the quality of life in downtown Troy for business, residents, and visitors,” said Erin Pihlaja, executive director. “We are looking forward to implementing more programming like this series, and programming of this nature that will also make use of Troy’s beautiful waterfront. I am personally excited to practice yoga right next to the Hudson River, and then visit the shops and eateries—I’m going to make a whole day of it.”

As noted, the classes are free and open to the public.

In the event of rain, the class will be taught at the Heartspace Yoga & Healing Arts Studio at 10 Second St. in Troy. Participants should arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of class, and are encouraged to bring their own mat.